It starts with a story... Ewe, kuqala ngebali... Yebo, kuqala ... - Nal'ibali

Using the Nal'ibali supplements at your club
Reading clubs across South Africa are sharing with us how they
are using the Nal’ibali supplements. Clubs use them in different
ways depending on their own book supply and the other
resources they have, as well as the age range of the children.
Here are some ideas you might like to try:
• Make resources to use again Take the mini-book pages
(pages 3 – 6) out of the supplement and on your
own or with the children make these into
books for the club. Use the longer ‘Story
corner’ stories (on page 8) to create story
cards by pasting them onto pieces of
card and covering them with plastic.
• Support biliteracy Both you and the
children can have fun learning to
read in two languages by reading
the mini-books first in your most
familiar language and then in the
other one.
• Store stories Find something in
which to store your supplement
books and story cards –
like a shoe-box – and
then keep them in
a special place at
the club, so that
the children know
where to find them
if they want to read
or borrow them.
Ukusebenzisa ihlelo likaNal'ibali
kwiqela elifundayo lakho
Amaqela afundayo kuMzantsi Afrika ngokubanzi abelana nathi
ngeendlela asebenzisa ngazo amahlelo kaNal`ibali. Amaqela
azisebenzisa ngeendlela ezahlukileyo ezi zixhobo ngokulawulwa
yinkxaso yawo yeencwadi kwanabanye oovimba abakhoyo,
kuquka nobudala babantwana abasebenza ngabo. Nazi ezinye
iingcebiso onokuzizama:
• Yenza oovimba abaza kuphinda basetyenziswe Khupha amaphetshana
encwadana encincane (amaphepha 3 – 6) kwihlelo ukuze uwedwa okanye
unabantwana bakho niwenze ukuba abe ziincwadi zeqela. Sebenzisa amabali
amadana kwicandelo ‘leNdawo yamabali’ (kwiphepha lesi-8) ukuze uyile
amakhadi ebali ngokuthi uwancamathisele kwiziqwentshana zamakhadi uze
uwaqukumbele ngeplastiki.
• Xhasa ilitherasi entlandlu-mbini Wena kunye nabantwana bakho
ningakonwabela ukuzuza isakhono sokufunda kwiilwimi ezimbini ngokuthi
nifunde iincwadana ngolwimi oluqhelekileyo kuni kuqala, nize emva koko
nifunde nangolunye ulwimi.
• Gcina amabali Fumana into onokugcina kuyo iincwadi zehlelo kunye
namakhadi amabali – njengebhokisi yezihlangu – uze emva koko uwagcine
kwindawo ekhethekileyo yeqela elifundayo, ukuze abantwana bayazi indawo
abangawafumana kuyo xa befuna ukuwafunda okanye ukuwaboleka.
Drive your
imagination
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• Wathathe ugoduke nawo Yilela amalungu eqela elifundayo ithala elibolekisa
ngeencwadi ukuze akwazi ukuboleka incwadi namakhadi amabali ze bafunde
ekhaya namalungu osapho. Kanti ke, kunganjani ukwabelana nabazali kunye
nabanye abagcini-bantwana ngolwazi ngokuthi ubathumelele iphepha loku-1
lehlelo ukuze balifunde?
• Fundela iqela Khetha enye yeencwadana zehlelo uze uyisebenzise kwindibano
yokufunda ngokuvakalayo. Bavumele abantwana ukuba balandele emva
kwakho bejonge kwezabo iikopi ngeli lixa ubafundelayo. Emva koko ungazama
ezinye zeengcebiso ezikwimisetyenzana ‘kaYenza ibali linike umdla’ – ngcebiso
ezo zandisa zize zimilisele ingqiqo yebali ebantwaneni.
• Zifundele wedwa okanye ningababini Bavumele abantwana bakhethe ibali
okanye amakhadi amabali abangathanda ukuwafunda bekunye nevolontiya
okanye oogxa babo. Mema naba badala abantwana ukuba bazifundele
ngokunokwabo okanye bafundele abo baselula.
• Balisa amabali Ziqhelanise namabali ‘eNdawo yamabali’ ukuze uwasebenzise
kokwakho ukubalisa amabali.
• Sasaza ezi mbono Abantwana bangazenzela amathalana abo eencwadi
emakhaya ngokuthi baqokelele amabali amahlelo kaNal’ibali. Aba badalana
abantwana banganomdla wokusungula amaqela afundayo abo ngokuthi
bameme abanye abantwana beze kumakhaya abo ukuze babelane
ngamabali amahlelo.
Help your child be a somebody.
It starts with a story...
Nceda umntwana wakho abe
lulutho. Konke kuqala ngebali...
Edition 18
isiXhosa, English
• Take them home Create a lending library for reading club members so
that they can borrow the books and story cards to read at home with family
members. Also, how about sharing information with the children’s parents
and other caregivers by sending home page 1 of the supplement for them
to read?
• Read to a group Choose one of the mini-books from the
supplement to use in a read-aloud session. Let the children
follow in their own copies as you read to them. Then try
some of the ‘Get story active’ activity ideas – they
extend and deepen the children’s understanding
of the story.
• Read alone and in pairs Let the children
choose which book or story card they
would like to read with a volunteer or
partner. Invite older children to also read
on their own or to younger children.
• Tell stories Become familiar with the
‘Story corner’ stories and then use these
stories for storytelling.
• Spread the word Children
can make their own little libraries
at home by collecting the
supplement stories. Older
children might like to start
small book clubs of their
own by inviting other
children to come to
their homes to share the
supplement stories.
This supplement is available in the following Avusa newspapers: The Times in the Western Cape, Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal; The Daily Dispatch and The Herald in the Eastern Cape during term times.

Drive your
imagination
National Children’s Day is celebrated on the first
Saturday of November every year to remind us about
the rights of children. All children have the right to
education and an important part of this is learning
to read and write. So this year on 3 November, help
the children in your life remember the role that stories
play in their lives and how special they are by letting
them create their own Nal’ibali picture frame!
1. Cut along the red dotted lines on the frame below.
2. Paste the frame onto a sheet of paper or thin cardboard.
3. Cut carefully along the black dotted lines.
4. Draw a picture (or take a photo) of you and a friend reading together.
5. Paste the picture onto the back of the frame.
6. Display your picture where lots of people will see it! Share it with us and
stand a chance of winning a storybook hamper! Email your picture to
letters@nalibali.org or post them on our Facebook page:
www.facebook.com/nalibaliSA by 19 November 2012.
Create your own mini-book
1. Take out pages 3 to 6 of
this supplement.
2. Fold it in half along the black
dotted line.
3. Fold it in half again.
4. Cut along the red dotted lines.
Celebrate
our children
It starts with a story...
Ewe, kuqala ngebali...
Yebo, kuqala ngendaba ngendaba exoxwayo.
Zenzele eyakho incwadana encinane
1. Thabatha amaphepha ama-3 ukuya
kwisi-6 kweli hlelo.
2. Wasonge esiphakathini kumgca
wamachaphaza amnyama.
3. Phinda uwasonge esiphakathini kwakhona.
4. Sika kwimigca yamachaphaza abomvu.
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Masibabhiyozele
abantwana bethu
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kuNovemba minyaka le ukuze sizikhumbuze ngamalungelo abantwana. Bonke
abantwana banelungelo lokuzuza imfundo kwaye eyona nto ibalulekileyo koku
kukufumana ulwazi lokufunda nokubhala. Ngako oko ke, ngomhla wesi-3
kuNovemba, nceda abantwana abasebomini bakho ukuba bakhumbule indima
edlalwa ngamabali kubomi babo, kwaye ubenze bazive bekhethekile ngokuthi
ubavumele baziyilele isakhelo sabo somfanekiso kaNal’ibali!
1. Sika phezu kwale migca ingamachokoza abomvu kwesi sakhelo singezantsi.
2. Ncamathelisa isakhelo ephetshaneni okanye kwikhadibhodi elicwecwe.
3. Sika ngobunono kwimigca engamachokoza amnyama.
4. Zoba umfanekiso (okanye uthathe ifoto) eveze wena nomhlobo wakho
nifunda kunye.
5. Umfanekiso lowo wuncamathelise ngasemva kwisakhelo.
6. Wubeke umfanekiso wakho, ubonise ngawo kwindawo onokubonwa kuyo
ngabantu abaninzi! Yabelana nathi ngawo ukuze ubesethubeni lokuphumelela
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Dorothy's Visit
Utyelelo lukaDorothy
Dorothy's Visit
Utyelelo lukaDorothy
Dorothy's Visit
Utyelelo lukaDorothy
Dorothy's Visit
Utyelelo lukaDorothy

Get story active!
After you and your children have read Dorothy’s visit you
might want to try out some of these ideas.
If you have 10 minutes…
• Look at the pictures again. Choose some of them to focus on and, with
your children, talk about how Farida feels about meeting Dorothy for the
first time. Invite them to share how they might feel about meeting a child
they do not know.
• In the story, Farida thinks Dorothy must be an elephant. Encourage your
children to suggest why she thinks this.
If you have 30 minutes…
• Let your children write and illustrate a new rhyme like Farida’s by adding
their own words in the spaces!
I have a friend
His/her name is ________
He/she loves _________
And ____________________ .
Changing worlds with words
Nal’ibali partner, The Shine Centre, is a literacy organisation
based in the Western Cape that is changing young children’s
worlds, a few words at a time. It is passionate about
encouraging a love of reading in young children.
Shine focuses on helping children in Grades 2 and 3 develop important
literacy skills through a fun programme run by trained volunteers. The
programme offers children individual attention for an hour each week.
During this time they do four different types of activities:
• Shared reading (where
the child chooses a
book that interests him
or her and reads it with
the volunteer)
• Paired reading (where
the volunteer chooses
a book that is at the
correct level for the
child’s developing
skills)
• Have-a-go writing
(where the focus is on
using whatever writing
skills the child has)
• Wordplay (which
focuses on listening,
sounding out and
writing words and
sentences).
Encouraging and praising children is very important to Shine so
volunteers use ‘praise notes’. ‘We all love to be recognised for a job
well done or for trying our best,’ says Kerry White. ‘At the end of
each session, the volunteer writes a simple praise sentence that is
meaningful to the child... For example, “You remembered to
use the pictures to work out what the words on the page
say, Sipho. You are such a star!” Parents and caregivers
can easily use praise notes at home too!’
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Drive your
imagination
Yenza ibali linike umdla!
Emva kokuba wena nabantwana bakho nifunde Utyelelo
lukaDorothy, ningathanda ukuzama ezinye zezi ngcebiso.
Ukuba unemizuzu eli-10…
• Qwalaselani imifanekiso kwakhona. Khetha eminye onokugxila kuyo, uze wena
nabantwana bakho, nincokole ngendlela avakalelwa ngayo uFarida ngokudibana
noDorothy okokuqala. Bacele ukuba babelane ngendlela abanokuvakalelwa ngayo
xa bathe badibana nomntwana abangamaziyo.
• Kweli bali, uFarida ucinga ukuba uDorothy yindlovu. Bakhuthaze abantwana bakho
ukuba bachaze ukuba kutheni uFarida ecinga ngolu hlobo nje.
Ukuba unemizuzu engama-30…
• Bavumele abantwana bakho ukuba babhale baze benze nemizobo ngevesi entsha
efana nale kaFarida ngokuthi bongeze awabo amagama ezithubeni!
Ndinomhlobo
Igama lakhe ngu ________
Uthanda _________
Kwaye ____________________ .
Story stars Iimbalasane zamabali
To read more about the work of The
Shine Shine Centre and about other Story Stars,
visit www.nalibali.org
Ukuze ufunde banzi ngomsebenzi
weziko iThe Shine Centre kunye
nangezinye iiMbalasane zaMabali,
ndwendwela kule dilesi:
www.nalibali.org
Ukuguqula ubomi babantwana
ngamagama
Iziko elisebenzisana neNal’ibali elibizwa ngokuba yiShine
Centre, ngumbutho welitherasi ozinze kwiNtshona
yeKapa, kwaye utshintsha ubomi babantwana abancinci
ngamaganyana nje ambalwa ngexesha. Lo mbutho uzinikezele
ekukhuthazeni uthando lokufunda kubantwanana abancinci.
IShine igxile ekuncedeni abantwana abakwiBanga lesi-2 nelesi-3 ukuze
baphuhlise izakhono zelitherasi
ezibalulekileyo ngokusebenzisa
inkqubo yolonwabo elawulwa
ngamavolontiya aqeqeshiweyo. Le
nkqubo inika umntwana ngamnye
ithuba lokufundiswa eyedwa
kangangeyure enye ngeveki nganye.
Ngeli xesha benza iintlobo ezine
ezahlukileyo zemisetyenzana:
The Shine Centre
• Ukwabelana ngokufunda
(apho umntwana akhetha
incwadi anomdla kuyo aze
ayifunde nevolontiya)
• Ukufunda ngababini (apho
ivolontiya likhetha incwadi
ekumgangatho ochanekileyo
wokukhula kwezakhono
zomntwana)
• Ukuzama ukubhala (apho
kugxininiswa ekusetyenzisweni
naziphi na izakhono zokubhala
anazo umntwana)
• Umdlalo wamagama (apho kugxininiswa
ekumameleni, ekuphimiseleni izandi okanye
ekuvakaliseni ngokomlomo nasekubhaleni
amagama kunye nezivakalisi).
Ukukhuthaza nokuncoma abantwana yinto
ebaluleke kakhulu kwiShine kangangokuba
amavolontiya asebenzisa ‘amanqakwana
okuncoma’. ‘Sonke siyakuthanda ukuqatshelwa
xa senze umsebenzi ogqibeleleyo nangokuzama
kangangoko sinako,’ utshilo uKerry White.
‘Ekupheleni kwendibano nganye, ivolontiya
libhala phantsi isivakalisi esilula sokuncoma
nesinentsingiselo kumntwana lowo... Umzekelo,
“Uye wakhumbula ukusebenzisa imifanekiso
ukuze uphuhlise intsingiselo efumaneka
kumagama asephepheni Sipho. Ugqwesile
ngenene!” Abazali kunye nabagcini-bantwana
nabo banakho ukuwasebenzisa lula nje
amanqakwana ezincomo emakhaya!’

Story corner
Here is a story for you to read-aloud or tell. It is
about a duckling who looks very different from other
ducklings and who feels unloved and unwanted.
The ugly duckling (Part 1)
Retold by Sindiwe Magona
Once upon a time there was a duckling who lived on a wide open vlei
with his family. He was a sad little duck because nobody seemed to like
him, not even his own brothers and sisters.
‘Ugly duckling! That is what everybody calls me. Nobody loves me!’
he sobbed.
‘That’s not true, darling! Mama loves you!’ said Mama Duck. She smiled at
her last-hatched chick. He was a strange little fellow but still she loved him
with all her heart.
The other birds on the wide open vlei teased the ugly duckling. ‘You’re
not fluffy and yellow like your brothers and sisters,’ whispered the spiteful
blue crane. ‘You’re bigger than the rest,’ laughed
the haughty black coot. ‘You’re ugly!’ they all said
together.
No one ever cuddled the ugly duckling and he felt
very lonely. But when he ate, he forgot that he was
lonely. So he ate and ate and ate. And he grew
bigger and bigger and bigger.
One day the ugly duckling felt so miserable that a
single tear fell from one eye. Trying to stop more
tears from falling, he looked down. Then, he saw his
reflection. He gasped! Everyone was right. He really
was ugly!
The ugly duckling ran away. He wanted to go far,
far away. Then nobody would know that he was
the ugliest duckling on earth. He saw a flock of
big, white birds with long, gracious necks and wide, wide wings. They
were beautiful swans. Winter was coming and they were flying off to the
summer sunshine and blue skies over the sea. ‘Oh, how magnificent they
are,’ thought the ugly duckling as he wandered off far from home. ‘I wish I
was beautiful like them.’
After many days of seeing no-one, he met a flock of fierce hadedas. He
was a bit scared of them, but wanted some advice. ‘Do you know of
any ducks with grey feathers like me?’ he asked. But the huge birds just
shouted, ‘HAA-DEE-DAA! Go away!’
The little duckling walked on and on until his little webbed feet were worn
to the bone. He collapsed in a heap.
Will the ugly duckling ever be loved
and accepted for who he is? Find out
next week.
Adapted from The Ugly Duckling and
UDadana Ombi. Published by Jacana. © 2010
In your next Nal’ibali
supplement:
• Getting your children hooked on books
• Story stars: find out about a storyteller
and reading club volunteer who is
hooked on books
• Mini-book, Scary footsteps
• The final part of the read-aloud story,
The ugly duckling
Can’t wait until next week for more reading and
story tips, tools and inspirational ideas?
Visit www.nalibali.org or find us on Facebook:
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Indawo yamabali
Nali ibali onokulifunda ngokuvakalayo okanye ulibalise.
Limalunga nodadana okhangeleka ohlukile kakhulu kwamanye
amadadana, noziva engathandwa kwaye engafunwa.
UDadana ombi (iSigaba 1)
Libaliswe kwakhona nguSindiwe Magona
Kudala-dala kwakukho idadana elalihlala kwichibi elikhulu kunye nosapho
lwalo. Lalilidadana elalisoloko lilusizi kuba kwakungekho mntu wayengathi
uyalithanda, nditsho nkqu nabantakwabo noodadewabo.
‘Dadana ombi! Batsho bonke abantu xa bendibiza. Akukho namnye
ondithandayo!’ wakhala uDadana.
‘Akunjalo, sithandwa! Umama uyakuthanda!’ utshilo umam’uDada.
Wancumela intshontsho lakhe elaqanduselwa mva. Wayelidadana apha
elincinci elingaqhelekanga kodwa nangona kunjalo, wayelithanda ngentliziyo
yakhe yonke.
Ezinye iintaka kwelo chibi likhulu zazihlala ziligezela idadana elibi. ‘Iintsiba
zakho azikho mfumamfuma kwaye azikho tyheli
njengezabantakwenu,’ yasebeza ngelitshoyo indwe
enolunya. ‘Umkhulu kunabanye,’ wahlekisa watsho
unonkqayi. ‘Umbi!’ batsho bonke ngaxeshanye.
Kwakungafane kubekho namnye oliwolayo,
alange idadana elibi, nto leyo yalenza ukuba lizive
linesithukuthezi kakhulu. Kodwa xa lithe latya, lalilibala
tu ngokuba nesithukuthezi. Lalisitya, litye, litye okokoko.
Laye lakhula laba likhulu ngokubalikhulu.
Ngenye imini idadana elibi laziva lingonwabanga
kangangokuba kwehla inyembezi enye iphuma
kwelinye iliso lalo. Wazama ukunqanda ukuqukuqela
kweenyembezi ngokuthi ajonge phantsi. Kulapho
wabona umfanekiso wakhe. Wothuka! Wonke ubani
wayenyanisile. Wayembi ngenene!
UDadana ombi wabaleka waya kude. Wayefuna ukuya kuzifihla kude, kude
lee. Wayefuna ukuya apho kwakungekho bani unokwazi ukuba wayelelona
dadana libi emhlabeni. Waye wabona umhlambi weentaka ezinkulu
ezimhlophe, ezazineentamo ezinde ezindilisekileyo kunye neempiko ezinkulu
ezivulekileyo. Yayingoontamonde bamadada amahle. Ubusika babusondele
ngoko ke zazifudukela apho zazinokufumana khona ilanga lehlobo
nesibhakabhaka esityhilekileyo phezu kolwandle. ‘Owu, ukubantle kwazo,’
licinga lenjenjalo idadana elibi ngeli lixa lisiya lisimka ngokumka kwikhaya lalo.
‘Akwaba bendimhle njengazo.’
Emva kweentsuku ezininzi idadana lingaboni bani, labona umhlambi
owoyikekayo wamang’ang’ane. Lalinalo uvalo oluncinci lwalo mhlambi, kodwa
lifuna ukuba ezi ntaka zilicebise. ‘Ingaba akhona amanye amadada eniwaziyo
aneentsiba ezingwevu njengam?’ labuza. Kodwa iintaka ezinkulu zasuke
zakhwaza zathi, ‘NG’A-NG’A- NG’A-NG’AA! Hamb` uhambe!’
Usizana lwedadana lwahamba, lwahamba zade iinyawana zalo ezinenwebu
phakathi kweenzwane zakrazuka kwavela amathambo. Lawa isiqaqa phantsi
esidulwini kukudinwa.
Ingaba idadana elibi lingaze lithandwe kwaye lamkelwe
ngokohlobo elidalwe lalilo? Fumana impendulo kwiveki ezayo.
Supplement produced by The Project for the Study of Alternative Education in South Africa (PRAESA) and Avusa Education. Translated by Sebolelo Mokapela. Nal’ibali character illustrations by Rico.
Drive your
imagination
Illustrations by Natalie Hinrichsen
Imifanekiso nguNatalie Hinrichsen
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Dorothy’s visit is one of 36 stories
available in the Little Library Kits for Numeracy,
Literacy and Life Skills. Each kit contains 60
readers (5 copies of 12 stories), 12 big books,
12 posters and a comprehensive teacher’s guide.
All the readers and the big books are available
in all 11 official languages. For more information please
visit our website www.cup.co.za.
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Nal’ibali is a national reading-for-enjoyment initiative
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ulonwabo lokwenza abantu eMzantsi
Afrika – abantwana nabantu abadala –
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Dorothy's visit
Utyelelo lukaDorothy
Sally Ward
Marjorie van Heerden

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Dear Farida
I’m sending my friend
Dorothy to visit you.
She would like to see how
you live in town. She loves
bananas and likes milk and
sugar in her tea. She arrives
on Sunday. I’m sure you’ll
become good friends.
Uncle Tamu
One day the postman
brought Farida a
postcard from Uncle
Tamu. Uncle Tamu
was a game ranger
who lived on a
Game Reserve.
Miss F. Patel
28 Rose Street
Lenasia
1820
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Ngenye imini unoposi
waphathela uFarida
ipowusti-khadi. Yayivela
kuMalume uTamu.
UMalume uTamu
wayengumgcini-myezo.
Wayehlala kuMzi
woGcino-ziLwanyana.
Farida endimthandayo
Ndithumela umhlobo wam,
uDorothy, ukuba eze kukutyelela.
Ufuna ukubona ukuba uhlala
njani na edolophini. Uthanda
ukutya iibhanana. Ukwathanda
ubisi neswekile etini yakhe.
UDorothy uza kufika ngeCawe. Nkoszn. F. Patel
Ndiqinisekile ukuba niya kuba 28 Rose Street
ngabahlobo abakhulu.
Lenasia
Malume uTamu
1820
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Farida was very excited.
She couldn’t wait for
Dorothy to arrive. She
ran around the house
singing a song.
“A visitor for me
Her name is Dorothy
She loves bananas
And sugar in her tea!”
UFarida
wayonwabe
kakhulu.
Wayengathi
akade afike
uDorothy.
Wazula-zula
ecula ingoma.
“Undwendwe lwam
Igama lalo nguDorothy.
Uthanda iibhanana
Kwaneswekile etini yakhe!”
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Sunday morning finally arrived. Farida woke up very
early and put on her best dress. She made tea and
put a big bowl of bananas on the table.
“What will Dorothy be like?” Farida wondered.
She looked at the postcard again. There was a
picture of an elephant on the front.
Yafika intsasa yangeCawe. UFarida wavuka
kwakusasa kakhulu. Wanxiba eyona lokhwe
yakhe ayithandayo. Waza wenza iti, wabeka isitya
esikhulu seebhanana etafileni.
“Uza kuba njani uDorothy?”
wacinga uFarida.
Wayijonga kwakhona ipowustikhadi.
Kwakukho umfanekiso
wendlovu ngaphambili.
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“Dorothy must be an elephant!” she thought.
“What will we do?”
“Inokuba uDorothy yindlovu!” wacinga.
“Siza kuthini?”
8
“We can play in the garden.”
“Siza kudlala esitiyeni.”
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8
“And we can play hopscotch.
Oh no, Dorothy will make holes in
the pavement!”
“Size sidlale unochelu. Kodwa uDorothy
uza kwenza izigingqi!”
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“We can play hideand-seek.
But there’ll be
nowhere for Dorothy
to hide!”
“Siza kudlala undize.
Kodwa uDorothy akazi
kubanayo
indawo yokuzimela!”
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“We’ll have tea and bananas. But Dorothy will eat
all the bananas in one big gulp!”
“Siza kuphunga iti sitye neebhanana.
Kodwa uDorothy uza kuzitya zonke iibhanana
ngaxesha nye!”
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“Dorothy could stay for the night. But she’ll
flatten my bed and my pink blanket won’t cover
her at all!”
“UDorothy angachitha ubusuku apha. Kodwa
uza kuyibotyoza ibhedi yam. Ingubo yam epinki
ayizukumgquma tu!”
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12
Just then the doorbell rang. rang.
Farida opened the door slowly.
And there was Dorothy …
“Owu nkosi! Udwendwe
lwam, Igama lalo
nguDorothy.
Akanakukwazi
ukudlala unochelu.
Okanye azimele emva komthi.”
Kanye ngelo xesha, yakhala
intsimbi yocango.
UFarida walivula kancinci
ucango. Nanko uDorothy …
“Oh dear!
A visitor for me
Her name is
Dorothy
She can’t play
hopscotch
Or hide behind
a tree.”
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“Oh!” exclaimed Farida. “Welcome Dorothy.
You’re not an elephant.”
“Owu!” wakhwaza uFarida. “Wamkelekile
Dorothy. Awuyondlovu.”
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“You’re just like me!”
“Uyafana nje nam!”
12
“I have a friend
Her name is Dorothy
She loves bananas
And sugar in her tea!”
“Ndinomhlobo,
Igama lakhe
nguDorothy.
Uthanda iibhanana
Neswekile etini
yakhe!”
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